June 30, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant keeps working on capital and current repairs of socially important facilities: the company currently operates a number of major sports and medical establishments, Palace of Culture, and several recreation camps, the corporation’s press service reports. The maintenance of V.K. Sotnikov Ice Sports Palace was made the responsibility of the enterprise in 2010. All the current repairs relating to preparations for the new Supreme Hockey League Championship have by now been completed. The roof of Section B is being repaired, and the ice arena is

June 30, 2014. MegaFon and VimpelCom (Beeline) announced a recent improvement in their Radar/Locator services. The subscribers of the two telecommunications giants can now identify locations not only of the subscribers within their home network but also those who use the other operator’s services. Just like before, up to five phone numbers can be assigned to the service, provided that each phone number owner consents to being tracked, the company’s press service reports. Both Radar and Locator are very popular with families with children and elderly relatives, as they help keep track of where

June 30, 2014. The amount of fuel loaded into BN-800 reactor at Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Station in Yekaterinburg is now sufficient for the start of a nuclear reaction (the minimum critical mass figure has been reached), the station’s Information & PR Department reports. The final preparatory procedures and reception all the permissions from Rostechnadzor are now taking place so that the reactor could be taken to the critical state. This event, which is significant for both Russian and global nuclear industry, will occur within the next few days. The preparatory stage for the first

June 30, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) held its annual general meeting on June 27. The event was attended by shareholders and their representatives: together, they hold 96.7146% of all of the plant’s voting shares, the enterprise’s press service reports. At the meeting, the shareholders approved of the company’s annual report and annual accounting report, including the report on the financial performance in 2013; they also decided what to do in terms of profit and loss distribution based on last year’s data, and approved of the possible future deals and the scale of such deals,

June 30, 2014. The construction of Southern Semi-Ring for Yekaterinburg orbital motorway will be completed by 2018. This year, the construction of the section connecting Medny and Polevskoy Tracts will begin, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeniy Kuivashev said at his meeting with Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin. It is known that the construction of the first, pilot section of the orbital motorway that has linked the Yekaterinburg-Perm Tract junction and the road to the village of Medny has already been completed. In 2014, Sverdlovsk Region authorities are